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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA –Nekki Shutt served as a co-moderator and presenter at the recent Employment Law Essentials, a day-long South Carolina Bar continuing legal education seminar for recent law school graduates. Shutt and another Columbia attorney, who, like Shutt is a certified employment law specialist, developed Employment Law Essentials. She continues to serve as co-organizer […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Burnette Shutt & McDaniel partners Nekki Shutt and M. Malissa Burnette were honored at the South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Business Guild Gala. Shutt and Burnette are among five honorees. The Guild is recognizing them for their roles in leading the legal team that won same-sex couples the right to get […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt, a veteran South Carolina employment lawyer, will present a program this month at a federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regional training program. The day-long program is part of the EEOC’s outreach efforts designed to help employers train their managers on avoiding legal issues such as discrimination in the workplace. […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt presented a seminar covering employment issues impacting transgender employees. The program was part of this year’s South Carolina Bar State Convention. Shutt began her talk by outlining problems transgender people face in the workplace, including job loss due to bias, verbal abuse and harassment, threats and social ostracization. Among […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt, was a participant in a spring symposium organized by the Federal Courts Law Review at the Charleston School of Law. The symposium is an annual event that draws both students and practicing attorneys. This year’s program included a keynote address followed by four, one-hour panels. Shutt was a panelist […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – South Carolina Lawyers Weekly has selected Nekki Shutt to receive a 2016 South Carolina Leadership in Law Award. Shutt was among only 30 recipients this year. She and the other honorees will be profiled in the Jan. 18 edition of the magazine and celebrated at an awards dinner March 10 at […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt will present a program this week at the SC Bar’s 5th annual “Everything You Need to Know About Ethics” seminar. The all-day program begins at 8:50 a.m. Jan. 15 at the Bar Conference Center in Columbia. It also will be webcast at a dozen locations across the state. Shutt’s […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CARLINA – Employment law attorney Nekki Shutt participated, along with six other prominent South Carolinians, in a town hall discussion at Winthrop University. The discussion, titled “The New South: Shifting Cultural Norms,” was one of several programs planned at the university in advance of that night’s Democratic presidential forum. South Carolina’s Feb. 27 […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – M. Malissa Burnette and Nekki Shutt are recognized in the just-released 2016 Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest peer-reviewed publications covering the legal profession. Malissa Burnette was honored as Lawyer of the Year in Employment Law – Individuals in the Columbia metropolitan area. She also was included in the […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt again is serving as co-moderator of Employment Law Essentials, a continuing legal education seminar she helped develop last year for the South Carolina Bar. The CLE Essentials Series consists of nine seminars covering major South Carolina practice areas as well as office technology. New law school graduates are required […]